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November 20, 2008

A Recycled Christmas Tree by Lilly...

Hello my name is Lilly and the other day I made this Christmas tree at school using recycled materials...mum thought it was pretty cool and asked me to share with everyone how it was made...it's really easy and lots of fun!

Okay, so first you need a magazine, make sure its an old one and not one that your mum is reading.

The size of your tree will depend on the thickness and size of your magazine, mum said a small one made from an old Readers Digest (whatever that is) would work really well too.

Open the cover then take the first page and fold it over like this.... make sure you press the crease really well.

Then just fold it over again like this...your first 'tree fold' is nearly finished..

Then just fold the bottom bit up..

Then turn the page and start all over again. You have to do this for every page of the magazine, then at the end get your mum or dad to rip off the outside cover of the magazine and there you have it your very own recycled Christmas tree!

You could spray paint the tree if you like and even add its very own decorations or star but I like it just the way it is - what do you think??

Have fun creating your very own tree and don't forget to leave my mum a message or send a photo I'd love to see what you have created.

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How cool is this!!! Lilly you have done an amazing job, thanks for the tutorial, this is definately one I shall be trying very soon :0) Lee your girls take after you, so nice seeing kids do craft, stuff that will stay with them forever,a good mum you are teaching them ;0)chat soon Ax

Lilly I found you Christmas tree tutorial through Mel's blog and I think it is fantastic. I can not wait to clear up the breakfast dishes so I can do it with my daughters. Thank you very much for posting it. Melanie.

Hi Lilly,
I've come over from Mel's blog to have a look at your tree.
I've seen them before but never close enough to figure out how the folds go so thankyou for showing us all.
I am going to hunt down some magazines and make some with my two kids :)
Merry Christmas Lilly!
Jaki.xx

Hi Lilly, I found your great tutorial through Mel Goodsell's blog. Wow, I loved the idea and my 5yo son and 7 yo daughter loved it even more. I showed them your blog at about 10am this morning and by about 11am we had 6 finished trees. Good thing I buy alot of magazines.LOL